Scenic Tours from Price Utah

From the awesome San Rafael Swell to the Capital Reef Waterpocket Fold. A meal stop at Historic Tavaputs Ranch can be added to each flight for an additional $25 per person seasonally from June through September.

Butch Cassidy Escape Tour

Follow the escape route taken by Butch Cassidy after the Castle Gate Payroll Robbery through the Spectacular San Rafael Swell to Desolation Canyon. This one hour tour (approximately) lets you step back in time to follow the outlaws on their escape. It takes you from Price through the San Rafael Swell and Reef area that the outlaws haunted. You will see the Wedge Overlook, Grand Canyon of the San Rafael, Swinging Bridge, Window Blind Peak, the Upper and Lower Black Box, and the awe inspiring Flat Irons of the San Rafael Reef. From there you will hook up with the Outlaw Trail, see the old railroad grade built by hand, the homesteads from earlier generations, and the ruins from earlier cultures. We will continue following Butch to Florence Creek on Desolation Canyon. This is the homestead of Jim McPherson, the Great Grandfather of the Owner of Tavaputs Ranch. Your pilot will give you a historical, geological and cultural tour that will be the highlight of your year. - $149 per person, $174 with meal stop at Tavaputs Ranch

San Rafael Tour

See everything from the Butch Cassidy Escape Tour and much more. You will take in the Arches and Slot Canyons of the West Side of the San Rafael Swell and follow them to Eagle Canyon on I-70. This is the last section of US Interstate Highway to be completed because of the difficulties of building in this spectacular terrain. You will continue South to see Hondo Arch, The Chutes of the Muddy River, and the extensive mining and geological exploration that characterized our search for uranium during the cold war. You will be able to see Capitol Reef, the Henry Mountains, Factory Butte, and Temple Mountain, as well as the area so desolate that it was chosen by the Mars Society to simulate living on Mars. From there you will follow the Flat Irons of the San Rafael back to the San Rafael River. This spectacular tour takes approximately 1 1/2 hours - $199 per person, $225 with meal stop at Tavaputs Ranch

Desolation Canyon/San Rafael Tour

See everything in the San Rafael Tour and more. From the San Rafael River we will head up the Outlaw Trail that went from Robbers Roost to Brownís Hole. This route was followed by many outlaws, including Butch Cassidy, Joe Walker, and Elza Lay. We will enter Desolation Canyon at Florence Creek. It is best described in the words of early explorer John Wesley Powell, "...the river is very rapid, and many lateral canyons enter on either side....crags and tower-shaped peaks are seen everywhere, and away above them, long lines of broken cliffs; and above and beyond the cliffs are pine forests, of which we obtain occasional glimpses as we look up through a vista of rocks....We are minded to call this the Canyon of Desolation." From there we will over-fly the ruins of the ancient Fremont Indians that made their home in Nine Mile Canyon and return for a gentle landing back at the airport. - $227 per person, $252 with meal stop at Tavaputs Ranch